Career Preparation Instructor (CPP)

Bizzell Group; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A career training center in Connecticut is seeking an instructor to empower young adults through education and hands-on experience. Responsibilities include teaching career preparation, supporting student needs, and developing Individual Career Development Plans. Candidates must have at least an Associate's Degree and one year of teaching experience. The role involves monitoring attendance, conducting seminars, and providing job placement services. This position offers the chance to make a significant impact on students' futures in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree required; Bachelor's degree preferred.
• One-year teaching experience needed.
• Valid state driver's license is required.
• Must be able to occasionally lift up to 25 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Acquaint new students with center systems and procedures.
• Offer instruction in career preparation and job search skills.
• Monitor and support center attendance rules.
• Assist in developing students' Individual Career Development Plans.
• Conduct monthly Career Transition Readiness Seminars.

Skills

Teaching

Career Development

Communication

Organization

Education

Associates Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

About Us

The Bizzell-Group: New Haven Job Corps is a career training center dedicated to empowering young adults through education, hands‑on experience, and personal development. Our program provides a supportive environment where students can gain the skills, certifications, and confidence needed to pursue rewarding careers. With a focus on both academic achievement and practical training, we partner with local employers and community organizations to ensure our graduates are prepared to meet the demands of today’s workforce.

Job Description

• Acquaint new students with center systems, behavioral standards, benefits, rules, and procedures to enable them to participate successfully in the program.
• Offer instruction in Career Preparation to include safety, security, systems, Job Corps history, diversity, technology, internet job search skills, resume writing, email use, worker's rights and responsibilities, job retention, customer service, conflict resolution, and driver's education.
• Monitor, encourage, support, and enforce center attendance rules.
• Provide each student with an introduction to all eight Career Success Standards and an overview of the behavioral expectations of the center.
• Inform all new students that they will be formally evaluated at least every 60 days on their knowledge of and ability to demonstrate all eight Career Success Standards.
• Assist in the development and distribution to all students a Student Handbook that accurately reflects current center behavioral expectations, benefits, policies, and procedures.
• Coordinate assessments of student's prior academic achievement, skill level needs, and interests so that appropriate individualized career development services may be provided and help identify student's personal issues so that appropriate support can be provided early in enrollment.
• Develop and offer a variety of career exploration activities designed to provide information and practical experiences that assist students in understanding various factors to consider when making a career choice and setting career goals.
• Provide an overview of center career technical offerings in each area in which the student expresses an interest.
• Schedule and conduct visits to the nearest One-Stop Career Center to acquaint students with career exploration, training, job placement, and other services and resources available to them.
• Collaborate with each student and counselor to initiate a Personal Career Development Plan (PCDP), which shall document the student's personal career goals, training needs, challenges, and progress and accomplishments throughout enrollment and the post-center Career Transition Period.
• Participate actively in Career Management Team (CMT) panels when students are being recommended for transition into CPD and CTR/CTS. Ensure PCDPs are updated, resumes are uploaded, transitional needs assessment are completed, and referrals made, and ensure students' job search strategies are recorded on PCDPs.
• Assist students in assessing their readiness for career transition and prepare students to effectively access resources and services that will assist them in making a successful transition to the workforce or postsecondary education.
• Schedule and conduct monthly Career Transition Readiness Seminars in each classroom in order to ensure students are fully prepared to conduct a successful job search leading to employment, join the Armed Forces, enroll in postsecondary education; or enter an apprenticeship program.
• Collaborate with each student to update Their Personal Career Development Plan, using it to develop an employment plan or personalized job search strategy, or plan for advanced education including identification of federal funding options, as appropriate.
• Assist students in assembling documents necessary for obtaining employment, including originals of personal documents and those credentials that document the student's accomplishments, into a portfolio.
• Provide job development, referral, and placement services to graduates and FEs as appropriate. Work toward attainment of company pre-separation placement goals by working with CTS and CTT staff to initiate or support pre-graduation job search efforts.
• Connect graduates and former enrollees with career transition resources appropriate to their needs to include a personal connection between the potential graduate and the career transition services provider.
• Conduct and document a transitional needs assessment in the students' PCDP which shall include resources to meet transitional support needs.
• Conduct and document post center placement and follow-up throughout the student’s service period after separation.
• Ensures the safety, health, and security of students, staff, and property.
• Serves as a member of committees to review policies and procedures relating to the counseling program and the Center's operation as directed.
• Transports students to and from bus stations and other scheduled appointments when necessary.
• Works toward meeting performance management goals.
• Follows CDSS plan and Standards of Conduct system.
• Maintains good housekeeping in all areas and complies with safety practices.
• Complies with all DOL guidelines, OFCCP regulations, Job Corps notices and bulletins, and Center policies and procedures.
• Models, mentors, monitors appropriate Career Success Standards.
• Helps students become more employable through continuous reinforcement.
• Participates in PRH mandated staff training. Failure to participate may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination.
• Performs other duties as assigned within the individual's scope and capabilities.

Requirements

• Associates Degree required
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• One-year teaching experience and valid state driver's license.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and stand and walk; to reach with hands and arms and talk and listen. The employee is occasionally required to sit; to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; to taste and to smell. The employee must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision capabilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and peripheral vision.